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Writing Goals by Skills – Grade-7 Content Standard 4: Process General Goal Name: Prewriting Grade SLE# Required Expectations 7 W.4.7.1 Generate ideas by selecting and applying appropriate prewriting

strategies which shall include reading, discussing, observing, brainstorming, focused and unfocused free-writing, and reading/learning logs

7 W.4.7.2 Organize ideas by using such graphic organizers as webbing, mapping charts/graphs, Venn diagrams, and formal outlining with main topics and sub-topics

7 W.4.7.3 Determine a focus and an organizational structure based on purpose, audience, length, and required format for expository, narrative, and descriptive writing

7 W.4.7.4 Use available technology to access information by using a card catalog and multiple Internet sources

General Goal Name: Drafting 7 W.4.7.5 Create a draft for expository writing with emphasis on organization

by paragraphs—introduction, main points with elaboration, and conclusion-

7 W.4.7.6 Create a draft for narrative writing that includes dialogue 7 W.4.7.7 Create an effective lead paragraph by using dialogue or a

description of a character or setting

General Goal Name: Revising 7 W.4.7.8 Revise content for:

• Central idea • Organization • Unity • Elaboration (e.g., explanation, examples, description, etc.) • Clarity

7 W.4.7.9 Revise style for: • Sentence variety • Tone • Voice • Selected vocabulary

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• Selected information 7 W.4.7.10 Revise writing using various tools/methods, such as peer and/or

teacher collaboration, a revision checklist, rubric, and/or reference materials (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus, etc.)

General Goal Name: Editing (align with conventions standard) 7 W.4.7.11 Edit individually or in groups for appropriate grade-level

conventions, within the following features: • Sentence formation • Completeness • Absence of fused sentences • Expansion through standard coordination and modifiers • Embedding through standard subordination and modifiers • Standard word order • Usage • Standard inflections • Agreement • Word meaning • Conventions • Mechanics • Capitalization • Punctuation • Formatting • Spelling

General Goal Name: Publishing 7 W.4.7.12 Use available technology to experiment with various formats for a

final written product 7 W.4.7.13 Maintain a writing portfolio that exhibits growth in meeting goals

and expectations 7 W.4.7.14 Publish/share according to purpose and audience Content Standard 5: Purpose, Topics, Forms, and Audiences General Goal Name: Purposes and Audiences

7 W.5.7.1 Write to develop narrative, expository, descriptive, and persuasive

pieces 7 W.5.7.2 Select the form of writing that addresses the intended audience General Goal Name: Topics and Forms

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7 W.5.7.3 Create expository, narrative, descriptive, and persuasive writings 7 W.5.7.4 Write poems using a variety of techniques/devices, with emphasis

on lyric poetry 7 W.5.7.5 Write research reports and document sources, summarizing, and

paraphrasing 7 W.5.7.6 Write to reflect ideas/interpretations of multicultural and universal

themes and concepts 7 W.5.7.7 Write with and without prompts for a sustained period of time 7 W.5.7.8 Write responses to literature that demonstrate understanding or

interpretation 7 W.5.7.9 Write on demand with or without prompt within a given time frame 7 W.5.7.10 Write across the curriculum Content Standard 6: Conventions General Goal Name: Sentence Formation 7 W.6.7.1 Vary sentence structure by using simple, compound, and complex

sentences and different kinds of sentences • Declarative • Interrogative • Imperative • Exclamatory

7 W.6.7.2 Write effective sentences by embedding clauses, prepositional and appositive phrases, and all compound elements

7 W.6.7.3 Use phrases and clauses to invert sentence order for emphasis and variety

7 W.6.7.4 Correct fragments, run-ons, comma splices, and fused sentences 7 W.6.7.5 Analyze personal and peer sentence formation for effective use of

the parts of speech • Precise nouns • Pronouns • Demonstrative • Compound personal • Reflexive • Intensive • Personal • Interrogative • Relative • Indefinite • Active and linking verbs • Adjectives • Possessive • Article

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• Interrogative • Numeral • Demonstrative • Indefinite • Descriptive • Adverbs • Manner • Time • Place • Degree • Negative • Interrogative • Conjunctions • Coordinate • Correlative • Subordinate • Interjections for excitement • Prepositions to indicate relationships

Content Standard 6: Conventions General Goal Name: Usage 7 W.6.7.6 Apply conventions of grammar with emphasis on the following:

• Agreement • Subject-verb • Pronoun and antecedent • Parts of speech • Parts of a sentence and sentence patterns • S-V • S-V-DO • S-V-IO-DO • S-LV-PN • S-LV-PA • Conjunction in progressive verb forms • Prepositional phrases as modifiers • Dependent clauses

General Goal Name: Spelling 7 W.6.7.7 Spell words correctly in all writing General Goal Name: Capitalization

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7 W.6.7.8 Apply conventional rules of capitalization in writing General Goal Name: Punctuation 7 W.6.7.9 Apply conventional rules for all end marks and commas in writing 7 W.6.7.10 Use semi-colons and colons in compound and compound-complex

sentences 7 W.6.7.11 Use colons in compound and compound-complex sentences and to

introduce lists 7 W.6.7.12 Use double and single quotation marks in dialogue Content Standard 7: Craftsmanship General Goal Name: Purposefully shaping and controlling language 7 W.7.7.1 Use figurative language purposefully, such as personification and

hyperbole, to shape and control language to affect readers 7 W.7.7.2 Use a variety of sentence types and lengths (see conventions

standard 6) 7 W.7.7.3 Use word or sentence repetition for effect 7 W.7.7.4 Use transition words/phrases 7 W.7.7.5 Use purposeful vocabulary with emphasis on developing voice 7 W.7.7.6 Create an effective lead and conclusion 7 W.7.7.7 Narrow the time focus of a piece of writing 7 W.7.7.8 Vary the placement of topic sentences 7 W.7.7.9 Use dialogue effectively 7 W.7.7.10 Use humor appropriately 7 W.7.7.11 Use writer’s checklist or scoring guides/rubrics to improve written

work 7 W.7.7.12 Self-evaluate writing